REPLETION

repletion, surfeit

(noun) eating until excessively full

repletion, satiety, satiation

(noun) the state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

repletion (countable and uncountable, plural repletions)

The condition of being replete; fullness.

(medicine, archaic) Plethora of the blood.

Anagrams

• interlope, interpole, let one rip, petroline, retpoline, terpineol

Source: Wiktionary


Re*ple"tion (r-pl"shn), n. Etym: [L. repletio a filling up: cf. F. réplétion. See Replete.]

1. The state of being replete; superabundant fullness. The tree had too much repletion, and was oppressed with its own sap. Bacon. Replecioun [overeating] ne made her never sick. Chaucer.

2. (Med.)

Definition: Fullness of blood; plethora.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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13 February 2025

BREAK

(verb) cause the failure or ruin of; “His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage”; “This play will either make or break the playwright”


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